Will the MOTHER ball python eat her babies when they hatch

[satomi325]

You can separate the mother anytime. Sooner the better in my opinion. Move the babies into their own enclosure. Keep them together until they have their first shed. After that, house them individually and feed them.

Make sure to scrub and clean he mother's enclosure well. You want to take the eggs and baby scent out. That's what's keeping her in protective mode. Are you still feeding her? Is she taking prey?

And don't take out any babies on your own. Maybe peek into he egg to see if the cord is twisted. If not, just leave them be and let them come out on their own. You can cut a little door out of the egg to make it easier for them, but please be careful when you do this. Look at tutorials and YouTube videos.

Good luck!

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[litleft]

I bought bo about 2 years ago and then was giving timid by a friend. I didn't even know the sex of these two and the local vets in lake city do not deal with snakes. So timid and bo have lived happily togeather for over a year. Then about 4 months ago we noticed timid wrapped around four eggs, and this morning the first one peeked his little head out. Timid is still with her eggs that haven't started hatching yet and i've been reading and talking to everyone that i can to get imformation on timid's new babies. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

[litleft]

you can separate the mother anytime. Sooner the better in my opinion. Move the babies into their own enclosure. Keep them together until they have their first shed. After that, house them individually and feed them.

Make sure to scrub and clean he mother's enclosure well. You want to take the eggs and baby scent out. That's what's keeping her in protective mode. Are you still feeding her? Is she taking prey?

And don't take out any babies on your own. Maybe peek into he egg to see if the cord is twisted. If not, just leave them be and let them come out on their own. You can cut a little door out of the egg to make it easier for them, but please be careful when you do this. Look at tutorials and youtube videos.

Good luck!

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thank you so much for the information. Timid is still with her eggs rifgt now and is very protective over them. She ate two mice last week and still is as sweet as day one towards me, but doesn't like any kids or other friends near her tank.

[Mike41793]

I bought bo about 2 years ago and then was giving timid by a friend. I didn't even know the sex of these two and the local vets in lake city do not deal with snakes. So timid and bo have lived happily togeather for over a year. Then about 4 months ago we noticed timid wrapped around four eggs, and this morning the first one peeked his little head out. Timid is still with her eggs that haven't started hatching yet and i've been reading and talking to everyone that i can to get imformation on timid's new babies. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

They need to be housed seperately. They should have been from day one to prevent situations like this lol. Now that you know the sex of both you can keep them seperated and then if you wanna breed them again you can by pairing them up and keeping track of everything. Good luck with the babies!

[satomi325]

Yup. Ball pythons shouldn't be housed together unless its for breeding purposes.
It prevents the spread of illness and mites. Also, if one animal regurgitated, you wouldn't know which animal did it.
And while its rare, ball pythons can canibalize each other. So why take any risks?

For the benefit of both adult snakes, please consider housing them separately in the future.


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[Annarose15]

I bought bo about 2 years ago and then was giving timid by a friend. I didn't even know the sex of these two and the local vets in lake city do not deal with snakes. So timid and bo have lived happily togeather for over a year. Then about 4 months ago we noticed timid wrapped around four eggs, and this morning the first one peeked his little head out. Timid is still with her eggs that haven't started hatching yet and i've been reading and talking to everyone that i can to get imformation on timid's new babies. Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated.

She's been maternally incubating them for four months?! Wow! Normal lay to hatch is 55-60 days, give or take. That tells me that your temps may be on the low side, so please check out the site's BP caresheet (link on left side of your screen), too. Since they are already pipping on their own, just let them come out of the shells on their own and remove them from mom as they hatch. Then, follow the guidelines in the sticky I posted previously.

[Inarikins]

She's been maternally incubating them for four months?! Wow! Normal lay to hatch is 55-60 days, give or take. That tells me that your temps may be on the low side, so please check out the site's BP caresheet (link on left side of your screen), too. Since they are already pipping on their own, just let them come out of the shells on their own and remove them from mom as they hatch. Then, follow the guidelines in the sticky I posted previously.

According to the sticky in the Breeding section, maternally incubated eggs usually take anywhere from 50-70 days. Not quite 4 months (seems like they'd have gone bad long before or mom would have gotten sick of staying coiled around them), but longer than artificially incubated eggs.

[Simplex]

You Obviously havent read all that much if you have been housing them together

[therunaway]

I say.... troll.